EP3536774B1 - Gene sequencing chip and combination with mounting frame - Google Patents
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- the disclosure relates to gene sequencing consumables, in particular to a gene sequencing chip and a mounting frame for the same.
- DNA sequencing synonym for DNA ordering or gene sequencing, refers to analysis of the base order of a particular DNA fragment, i.e., the arrangement of adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G).
- A adenine
- T thymine
- C cytosine
- G guanine
- next-generation sequencing is a popular gene sequencing method on the market, conducted by loading a gene molecule to be sequenced onto a gene sequencing chip, followed by analysis of the gene sequence of the gene molecule to be sequenced via its fluorescent signal measured on a gene sequencing platform.
- a CN invention patent with the application No. 200680029826.4 and the publication No. CN101466847B has disclosed a method for loading a gene molecule to be sequenced onto a gene sequencing chip.
- a CN application discloses a microfluidic chip, actually a gene sequencing chip.
- a substrate 101 of the chip includes several microchannels 1011 which are divided by metal microsphere sealing strips 1013 and into which a liquid reagent is injected via a linker seat 103.
- the metal microsphere sealing strip 1013 dispensed on the substrate 101 is extruded to be spread out upon adhesion of the substrate 101 with a cover sheet 102, forming irregular edges and thus resulting in an irregular inner wall of the microchannel 1011, thereby interfering uniform flow of liquid.
- the liquid reagent directly contacts the metal microsphere sealing strip 1013 to a large extent, which would incur a chemical reaction, thus leading an inaccurate sequencing result.
- the substrate 101 is not fixed by a sealant or seal ring which is deposited between an upper fixing plate 1055 and a lower fixing plate 1051 (which constitute the chip along with other elements), thus may cause poor sealing performance to the microchannel 1011.
- the subject of gene sequencing is sensitive to flow rate, pressure and the like of a reagent. Therefore, the flow rate and stability of pressure of a reagent in a gene sequencing chip are important criteria for assessing quality of the gene sequencing chip.
- the microfluidic chip in CN105624020A still has many disadvantages, and a gene sequencing chip (i.e. a microfluidic chip) prepared by the method in CN101466847B cannot achieve an excellent result.
- US20100323350A1 provides methods and compositions, including, without limitation, algorithms, computer readable media, computer programs, apparatus, and systems for determining the identity of nucleic acids in nucleotide sequences using, for example, data obtained from sequencing by synthesis methods.
- a plurality of smaller flow cells is employed, each with a relatively small area to be imaged, in order to provide greater flexibility and efficiency.
- US2014/024126A1 disclosed a flow-channel device for detecting light emission, having a flow channel which is structured by bonding of at least two substrates, wherein a first substrate has a first groove which constitutes the flow channel, and a second groove which contains an adhesive therein that contains an organic material, and the second groove has a light-shielding film provided on an inner wall thereof.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure aim at solving at least one of the problems existing in the related art, such as non-uniform flow rate of a liquid in a gene sequencing chip, an inaccurate result by direct contact of the liquid with a sealant, poor sealing performance and the like.
- the present disclosure in embodiments provides a gene sequencing chip with excellent performance, and a mounting frame used in cooperation with the gene sequencing chip.
- the gene sequencing chip according to the invention includes the features of claim 1.
- the sealant channel is filled with a sealant and is separated from the flow channel, avoiding contact of a liquid in the flow channel with the sealant to a maximum extent, thus preventing an inaccurate sequencing result incurred by the chemical reaction between the liquid and the sealant.
- the flow channel is formed with a highly smooth inner surface to ensure uniform flow rate and stable pressure for the liquid, therefore improving accuracy of the sequencing results effectively.
- the flow channel is enclosed only by the flow channel groove and the silicon wafer such that the flow channel has few contacting surfaces, thereby providing excellent sealing performance.
- the first and second terminal sections each are in a shape of sharp angle protruding outward.
- the silicon wafer is further provided with a boss which is located at the middle section and on which the adaptor region is provided.
- the gene sequencing chip is optimized as follows.
- the sharp angle protruding outward is an included angle of 60° and chamfered with a corner radius of 2 mm;
- the first and second terminal sections each are connected to the middle section through a rounded transition with a corner radius of 2 mm;
- the flow channel is of a length of 69.8 mm, a width of 5 mm for the middle section, and a distance from an upper surface of the boss to a bottom surface of the flow channel groove of 0.05 ⁇ 0.005 mm;
- the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet, each formed as a round hole in a diameter of 0.8 mm, are apart from each other at a center distance of 69 mm.
- the transparent cover sheet is further formed with a reinforcing agent groove at the surface where the transparent cover sheet is adhered to the silicon wafer, the reinforcing agent groove and the silicon wafer enclose a reinforcing agent channel which is filled with a reinforcing agent and surrounds the sealant channel, and the silicon wafer is further provided with an air hole which is located between the reinforcing agent channel and the sealant channel.
- the sealant and the reinforcing agent are selected from polyurethane adhesive, hot melt adhesive and ultraviolet curing adhesive.
- the adaptor region is in a round shape with a diameter of 220 nm
- the silicon wafer is provided with a plurality of the adaptor regions arranged in an array with a center distance of 900 nm between adjacent two adaptor regions.
- a mounting frame for the gene sequencing chip as described above including:
- the mounting frame for the gene sequencing chip provided in embodiments of the present disclosure can be useful in protecting the gene sequencing chip, as well as for assisting the positioning of the gene sequencing chip on an exterior platform.
- the mounting groove is provided with symmetric protrusions at inner side walls which are configured to restrict the gene sequencing chip within the mounting groove.
- the anti-off structure includes first and second elastic pieces which are symmetrically arranged at the insertion opening, wherein the first elastic piece has first and second ends, the second elastic piece has third and fourth ends, the first and third ends are fixed at two sides of the insertion opening, respectively, at a distance greater than the width of the gene sequencing chip; the second and fourth ends are movable with a reset distance smaller than the width of the gene sequencing chip, the first and third ends are located at an upstream end along an insertion direction, and the second and fourth ends are located at a downstream end along the insertion direction.
- the gene sequencing chip and the mounting frame for the same provided in embodiments of the present disclosure can have various embodiments.
- the following embodiments are described by taking one of the embodiments as a main line, and Figures 1 to 13 are the schematic diagrams of the gene sequencing chip and the mounting frame for the same described in accordance with the main line.
- Alternatives of technical features of the embodiment as the main line are interspersed as branches when the embodiment is described, and the alternatives which can be clearly expressed literally will not be illustrated by drawings.
- Figures 14 and 15 are schematic diagrams of another embodiment of a mounting frame for a gene sequencing chip.
- the gene sequencing chip 1 includes a silicon wafer 2 and a transparent cover sheet 3.
- the silicon wafer 2 is provided with an adaptor region containing an adaptor which is capable of capturing a gene molecule to be sequenced, and a liquid inlet 7 and a liquid outlet 8 connecting a flow channel 6 with outside.
- the transparent cover sheet 3 is adhered to the silicon wafer 2 and formed with a flow channel groove 4 and a sealant groove 5 at a surface where the transparent cover sheet 3 is adhered to the silicon wafer 2.
- the flow channel groove 4 and the silicon wafer 2 enclose the flow channel 6 which allows a liquid to flow through and accommodates the adaptor region, referring to Figures 11 and 13 for understanding.
- the sealant groove 5 and the silicon wafer 2 enclose a sealant channel 9 which is filled with a sealant 10 and surrounds the flow channel 6, also referring to Figures 11 and 13 for understanding.
- the transparent cover sheet 3 is made from a light-transmitting material, with excellent light transmittance, allowing an exterior laser to penetrate through it and radiate the flow channel 6, as well as allowing the fluorescent signal in the flow channel 6 to be emitted outside, which can be photographed clearly by an exterior camera.
- the adaptor region is chemically modified by seeding a specific gene fragment as an adaptor onto its surface, thus will capture a gene molecule to be sequenced when a solution containing the gene molecule to be sequenced flows through, with the gene molecule fixed onto the adaptor region.
- the adaptor region of the present disclosure can be modified by various methods, and accordingly the gene molecule to be sequenced can be captured by various methods, for example, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the modification of the adaptor region and capturing of the gene molecule to be sequenced are conducted according to the methods disclosed in CN invention patent CN101466847B , from which such the gene molecule to be sequenced is called as "DNA nanoball" (DNB for short).
- the sealant channel 9 is filled with a sealant 10 and is separated from the flow channel 6, avoiding contact of a liquid in the flow channel 6 with the sealant 10 to a maximum extent, thus preventing an inaccurate sequencing result incurred by the chemical reaction between the liquid and the sealant 10.
- the flow channel 6 is formed with a highly smooth inner surface to ensure uniform flow rate and stable pressure for the liquid, therefore improving accuracy of the sequencing results effectively.
- the flow channel 6 is enclosed only by the flow channel groove 4 and the silicon wafer 2 such that the flow channel 6 has few contacting surfaces, thereby providing excellent sealing performance.
- the gene sequencing chip 1 prepared can achieve high sequencing throughput although in a small size.
- the flow channel 6 can be formed with an extremely smooth inner surface by the current technology, benefiting uniform flow of liquid and avoiding generation of bubbles.
- the flow channel 6, in a long strip shape includes a middle section 11, first and second terminal sections 12.
- the first and second terminal sections 12 are located at and connected to two ends of the middle section 11, respectively.
- the first and second terminal sections 12 each are in a shape of sharp angle protruding outward.
- the liquid inlet 7 and the liquid outlet 8 are located at the first and second terminal sections 12, respectively.
- FIG 2 is a schematic diagram of the genetic sequencing chip 1 of which the transparent cover sheet 3 is not displayed, and the shape of the sealant 10 therein substantially represents the shape of the flow channel 6, which is good for the skilled in the art to understand the embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the flow channel 6 in the embodiment is surrounded by the sealant 10 at a certain interval with the transparent cover sheet 3 as an separator therebetween (referring to Figures 5 , 11 and 13 ), where the certain interval is extremely close, such that the shape of the flow channel 6 can be substantively represented by the shape of the sealant 10.
- the flow channel 6 in such configuration further ensures uniform flow rate and stable pressure of a liquid. With fluid mechanics analysis and lots of trial results, it is found that the fluid velocity is most uniform and the pressure is best in the middle section 11 throughout the entire flow channel 6, thus the adaptor region is usually arranged at the middle section 11.
- the silicon wafer 2 is further provided with a boss 13 which is located at the middle section 11 and on which the adaptor region is provided.
- the distance between the adaptor region and the bottom surface of the flow channel groove 4 is shortened by provision of the boss 13, thus reducing the internal space of the flow channel 6, the reagent consumption and sequencing cost; as well shortening the optical path of light wave in the flow channel 6 and the optical path difference of fluorescence in different wavelengths passing through the transparent cover sheet 3, therefore accuracy of fluorescent signal collected with exterior detection devices (such as a camera) can be further improved.
- a boss 13 is provided, referring to Figures 11 and 13 , where the adaptor region is arranged on the boss 13 (that is located on the upper surface of the boss 13), which is higher than the contacting surface between the transparent cover sheet 3 and the silicon wafer 2 under the upper surface of the boss 13 (that is located lower than the upper surface of the boss 13), thereby generating a height difference between the adaptor region and the contacting surface, thus the adaptor region arranged at a higher position cannot be affected, even if the liquid contacts with the sealant at a lower position (since the possible resulting product will not flow up to the upper surface of the boss 13 under the gravity), such that the accuracy of the sequencing results will be guaranteed.
- the sharp angle protruding outward of the first and second terminal sections 12 is an included angle of 60° and chamfered with a corner radius of 2 mm; the first and second terminal sections 12 each are connected to the middle section 11 through a rounded transition with a corner radius of 2 mm; the flow channel 6 is of a length of 69.8 mm, a width of 5 mm for the middle section 11, and a distance from an upper surface of the boss 13 to a bottom surface of the flow channel groove 4 of 0.05 ⁇ 0.005 mm; and the liquid inlet 7 and the liquid outlet 8, each formed as a round hole in a diameter of 0.8 mm, are apart from each other at a center distance of 69 mm.
- Figures 17 and 18 are diagrams showing the test results of flow channel optimized as above.
- Figure 17 in which the liquid inlet is at the right end and the liquid outlet is at the left end shows a highly uniform flow field of the flow channel 6, with very uniform flow velocity at each position.
- Figure 18 in which the liquid inlet is at the right end and the liquid outlet is at the left end shows a highest pressure near the liquid inlet and a lowest pressure near the liquid outlet, with a uniform pressure decreasing during the middle section. In this trial, the liquid flow is driven under a negative pressure provided at the liquid outlet.
- the transparent cover sheet 3 is further formed with a reinforcing agent groove 14 at the surface where the transparent cover sheet 3 is adhered to the silicon wafer 2, the reinforcing agent groove 14 and the silicon wafer 2 enclose a reinforcing agent channel 15 which is filled with a reinforcing agent 16 and surrounds the sealant channel 9, and the silicon wafer 2 is further provided with an air hole 17 which is located between the reinforcing agent channel 15 and the sealant channel 9.
- the air hole 17 can be useful in discharging the air between the reinforcing agent channel 15 and the sealant channel 9, as well useful in positioning during encapsulation of the gene sequencing chip.
- the sealant and the reinforcing agent in embodiments of the present disclosure can be selected from polyurethane adhesive, hot melt adhesive, ultraviolet curing adhesive and other suitable adhesives.
- the sealants as described above can endure high temperature, thus the gene sequencing chip where the sealant is used for adhesion is capable of resisting deformation strongly under the high temperature, and exhibiting excellent sealing performance.
- the modification of the adaptor region at the silicon wafer and the capturing of the gene molecule to be sequenced is conducted according to the methods disclosed in CN invention patent CN101466847B .
- the adaptor region 18 is in a round shape with a diameter of 220 nm, and the silicon wafer 2 is provided with a plurality of the adaptor regions 18 (about 200 million) arranged in an array with a center distance of 900 nm between adjacent two adaptor regions.
- the adaptor region 18 is seeded with an adaptor, which can capture the gene molecule to be sequenced 19 (i.e. DNB in a diameter of about 200 nm), where one DNB can be specifically bond to one adaptor region 18.
- the mounting frame 20 can be configured to protect the gene sequencing chip 1, as well as to assist the positioning of the gene sequencing chip 1 on an exterior platform, where the mounting frame 20 includes:
- the mounting groove 21 may be formed as a groove structure with a sealed bottom.
- the mounting groove 21 is formed as a groove structure with an open bottom, and provided with six symmetric protrusions 26 at two inner side walls (that is three protrusions at each inner side wall).
- the protrusions are configured to restrict the gene sequencing chip 1 within the mounting groove 21, and to restrain the deformation of the mounting frame 20.
- the number and size of the protrusions 26 can be set as desired, for example, four protrusions 26 are set, with two protrusions at each inner side wall.
- the mounting frame 20 is further provided with six fabrication holes 29, which are located right above the six protrusions 26 respectively and configured to allow the protrusions 26 to be injection molded more conveniently.
- the anti-off structure 23 includes first and second elastic pieces 27 which are symmetrically arranged at the insertion opening 22, more particularly, the first elastic piece 27 has first and second ends, the second elastic piece 27 has third and fourth ends, the first and third ends are fixed at two sides of the insertion opening 22, respectively, at a distance greater than the width of the gene sequencing chip 1; the second and fourth ends are movable with a reset distance smaller than the width of the gene sequencing chip 1, the first and third ends are located at an upstream end along an insertion direction, and the second and fourth ends are located at a downstream end along the insertion direction.
- the anti-off structure in such configuration is good for loading and unloading the gene sequencing chip 1, and facilitates the gene sequencing chip 1 to be fixed in the mounting groove 21 firmly.
- the open region 24 is configured to conform to the shape of the flow channel 6 (with its area slightly bigger than that of the flow channel 6) and is located right above the flow channel 6, which allows the entire flow channel 6 to be observed from outside.
- the open region of a mounting frame 20' is formed as a long strip shape with round corners, which is slightly different from the open region 24, and is configured to allow the entire flow channel 6 to be completely fallen into the range of the open region of the mounting frame 20', thus the entire flow channel 6 can be observed from outside as well.
- the mounting frame 20 can be further attached with a label 28, which is printed with a barcode or a two-dimensional code and the like, so as to facilitate the tracking and management of the gene sequencing chip and the mounting frame for the same, thus improving efficiency and accuracy of gene sequencing.
- the gene sequencing chip and the mounting frame for the same provided in embodiments of the present disclosure are formed as individual simple structures with few components, thus can be easily assembled and produced.
- the silicon wafer 2 of the gene sequencing chip 1 is provided with more than 200 million of adaptor regions 18 seeded with adaptors via chemical modification on the surface of the silicon wafer 2, according to the methods disclosed in the CN invention patent CN101466847B .
- Step 2 The gene sequencing chip 1 in step 1 is mounted into the mounting frame 20, which is subsequently placed on an exterior gene sequencer.
- Step 3 A solution containing a gene molecule to be sequenced 19 (i.e. DNB) is injected into the flow channel 6 via the liquid inlet 7, with the DNB flowing through captured by and adhered to an adaptor on the adaptor region 18.
- DNB a gene molecule to be sequenced 19
- Step 4 A gene sequencing reagent which would react with the DNBs is injected into the cleaned flow channel 6, with a fluorescent signal generated which is subsequently collected by the gene sequencer, thus obtaining the sequences of the gene molecule to be sequenced.
- Combinatorial Probe-Anchor Synthesis (cPAS) is used, however it does not belong to the protection scope of this present disclosure and will not be described in detail herein. It should be noted, the chemical modification of the adaptor region on the silicon wafer and gene sequencing can be conducted with other methods in the present disclosure, which are not limited to the methods disclosed in CN101466847B as an example.
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Description
- The disclosure relates to gene sequencing consumables, in particular to a gene sequencing chip and a mounting frame for the same.
- DNA sequencing, synonym for DNA ordering or gene sequencing, refers to analysis of the base order of a particular DNA fragment, i.e., the arrangement of adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G).
- Currently, the Next-generation sequencing is a popular gene sequencing method on the market, conducted by loading a gene molecule to be sequenced onto a gene sequencing chip, followed by analysis of the gene sequence of the gene molecule to be sequenced via its fluorescent signal measured on a gene sequencing platform. A CN invention patent with the application No.
200680029826.4 CN101466847B has disclosed a method for loading a gene molecule to be sequenced onto a gene sequencing chip. - A CN application (with the application No.
201410625939.7 CN105624020A ) discloses a microfluidic chip, actually a gene sequencing chip. A substrate 101 of the chip includes several microchannels 1011 which are divided by metal microsphere sealing strips 1013 and into which a liquid reagent is injected via a linker seat 103. The metal microsphere sealing strip 1013 dispensed on the substrate 101 is extruded to be spread out upon adhesion of the substrate 101 with a cover sheet 102, forming irregular edges and thus resulting in an irregular inner wall of the microchannel 1011, thereby interfering uniform flow of liquid. Further, the liquid reagent directly contacts the metal microsphere sealing strip 1013 to a large extent, which would incur a chemical reaction, thus leading an inaccurate sequencing result. Furthermore, the substrate 101 is not fixed by a sealant or seal ring which is deposited between an upper fixing plate 1055 and a lower fixing plate 1051 (which constitute the chip along with other elements), thus may cause poor sealing performance to the microchannel 1011. - The subject of gene sequencing, usually in molecular scale, is sensitive to flow rate, pressure and the like of a reagent. Therefore, the flow rate and stability of pressure of a reagent in a gene sequencing chip are important criteria for assessing quality of the gene sequencing chip. Based on the above, the microfluidic chip in
CN105624020A still has many disadvantages, and a gene sequencing chip (i.e. a microfluidic chip) prepared by the method inCN101466847B cannot achieve an excellent result. -
US20100323350A1 provides methods and compositions, including, without limitation, algorithms, computer readable media, computer programs, apparatus, and systems for determining the identity of nucleic acids in nucleotide sequences using, for example, data obtained from sequencing by synthesis methods. A plurality of smaller flow cells is employed, each with a relatively small area to be imaged, in order to provide greater flexibility and efficiency. -
US2014/024126A1 disclosed a flow-channel device for detecting light emission, having a flow channel which is structured by bonding of at least two substrates, wherein a first substrate has a first groove which constitutes the flow channel, and a second groove which contains an adhesive therein that contains an organic material, and the second groove has a light-shielding film provided on an inner wall thereof. - Note: the drawings and the reference numerals of technical features mentioned in the background section refer to the drawings and reference numerals in the cited documents only, and do not refer to the drawings and reference numerals in the present application.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure aim at solving at least one of the problems existing in the related art, such as non-uniform flow rate of a liquid in a gene sequencing chip, an inaccurate result by direct contact of the liquid with a sealant, poor sealing performance and the like. For this, the present disclosure in embodiments provides a gene sequencing chip with excellent performance, and a mounting frame used in cooperation with the gene sequencing chip.
- The gene sequencing chip according to the invention includes the features of
claim 1. - In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the sealant channel is filled with a sealant and is separated from the flow channel, avoiding contact of a liquid in the flow channel with the sealant to a maximum extent, thus preventing an inaccurate sequencing result incurred by the chemical reaction between the liquid and the sealant. Further, the flow channel is formed with a highly smooth inner surface to ensure uniform flow rate and stable pressure for the liquid, therefore improving accuracy of the sequencing results effectively. Furthermore, the flow channel is enclosed only by the flow channel groove and the silicon wafer such that the flow channel has few contacting surfaces, thereby providing excellent sealing performance.
- In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first and second terminal sections each are in a shape of sharp angle protruding outward.
- In accordance with the present invention, the silicon wafer is further provided with a boss which is located at the middle section and on which the adaptor region is provided.
- In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the gene sequencing chip is optimized as follows. The sharp angle protruding outward is an included angle of 60° and chamfered with a corner radius of 2 mm; the first and second terminal sections each are connected to the middle section through a rounded transition with a corner radius of 2 mm; the flow channel is of a length of 69.8 mm, a width of 5 mm for the middle section, and a distance from an upper surface of the boss to a bottom surface of the flow channel groove of 0.05±0.005 mm; and the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet, each formed as a round hole in a diameter of 0.8 mm, are apart from each other at a center distance of 69 mm.
- To further improve the resistance to external force for the gene sequencing chip, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the transparent cover sheet is further formed with a reinforcing agent groove at the surface where the transparent cover sheet is adhered to the silicon wafer, the reinforcing agent groove and the silicon wafer enclose a reinforcing agent channel which is filled with a reinforcing agent and surrounds the sealant channel, and the silicon wafer is further provided with an air hole which is located between the reinforcing agent channel and the sealant channel. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the sealant and the reinforcing agent are selected from polyurethane adhesive, hot melt adhesive and ultraviolet curing adhesive.
- In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the adaptor region is in a round shape with a diameter of 220 nm, and the silicon wafer is provided with a plurality of the adaptor regions arranged in an array with a center distance of 900 nm between adjacent two adaptor regions.
- In another aspect of the present disclosure, provided in embodiments is a mounting frame for the gene sequencing chip as described above, including:
- a mounting groove, configured to accommodate and fit to the gene sequencing chip and provided with an insertion opening for receiving the gene sequencing chip at one end of the mounting groove;
- an anti-off structure, arranged at the insertion opening and configured to prevent the gene sequencing chip from slipping out of the insertion opening;
- an open region, located right above the mounting groove and configured to allow observation of the flow channel of the gene sequencing chip accommodated in the mounting groove from outside; and
- a positioning hole, configured to allow the mounting frame to be positioned on an exterior platform.
- The mounting frame for the gene sequencing chip provided in embodiments of the present disclosure can be useful in protecting the gene sequencing chip, as well as for assisting the positioning of the gene sequencing chip on an exterior platform.
- To further improve stability of the gene sequencing chip mounted, the mounting groove is provided with symmetric protrusions at inner side walls which are configured to restrict the gene sequencing chip within the mounting groove.
- In a particular embodiment, the anti-off structure includes first and second elastic pieces which are symmetrically arranged at the insertion opening, wherein the first elastic piece has first and second ends, the second elastic piece has third and fourth ends, the first and third ends are fixed at two sides of the insertion opening, respectively, at a distance greater than the width of the gene sequencing chip; the second and fourth ends are movable with a reset distance smaller than the width of the gene sequencing chip, the first and third ends are located at an upstream end along an insertion direction, and the second and fourth ends are located at a downstream end along the insertion direction.
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Figure 1 is a schematic stereogram of a gene sequencing chip in one embodiment of the present disclosure; -
Figure 2 is a schematic diagram ofFigure 1 where a transparent cover sheet is not displayed; -
Figure 3 is a decompose diagram of a gene sequencing chip in one embodiment of the present disclosure; -
Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a bottom view ofFigure 3 ; -
Figure 5 is an enlarged partial view for part I inFigure 4 ; -
Figure 6 is a schematic stereogram of a mounting frame in one embodiment of the present disclosure, which is equipped with a gene sequencing chip of which a transparent cover sheet is not displayed; -
Figure 7 is a decompose diagram ofFigure 6 where the transparent cover sheet of the gene sequencing chip is displayed; -
Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of a bottom view ofFigure 6 ; -
Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of a bottom view ofFigure 7 ; -
Figure 10 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A inFigure 6 where a transparent cover sheet is displayed; -
Figure 11 is an enlarged partial view for part II inFigure 10 ; -
Figure 12 is a sectional view taken along the line B-B inFigure 6 where a transparent cover sheet is displayed; -
Figure 13 is an enlarged partial view for part III inFigure 12 ; -
Figure 14 is a schematic diagram of a mounting frame in another embodiment of the present disclosure, which is equipped with a gene sequencing chip; -
Figure 15 is a schematic diagram of the gene sequencing chip ofFigure 14 where a transparent cover sheet is not displayed; -
Figure 16 is an enlarged view for an adaptor region in one embodiment of the present disclosure; -
Figure 17 is a schematic diagram showing a velocity field of fluid in a gene sequencing chip in one embodiment of the present disclosure; -
Figure 18 is a schematic diagram showing pressure of fluid in a gene sequencing chip in one embodiment of the present disclosure. - To explicitly illustrate the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present disclosure, the present disclosure is further described in detail below in combination with the drawings and examples. It is understood that the specific examples described herein are explanatory, and cannot be construed to limit the scope of the present disclosure.
- The gene sequencing chip and the mounting frame for the same provided in embodiments of the present disclosure can have various embodiments. For a better understanding, the following embodiments are described by taking one of the embodiments as a main line, and
Figures 1 to 13 are the schematic diagrams of the gene sequencing chip and the mounting frame for the same described in accordance with the main line. Alternatives of technical features of the embodiment as the main line are interspersed as branches when the embodiment is described, and the alternatives which can be clearly expressed literally will not be illustrated by drawings.Figures 14 and 15 are schematic diagrams of another embodiment of a mounting frame for a gene sequencing chip. - In one embodiment of the present disclosure, referring to
Figures 1 to 5 , thegene sequencing chip 1 includes asilicon wafer 2 and atransparent cover sheet 3. Thesilicon wafer 2 is provided with an adaptor region containing an adaptor which is capable of capturing a gene molecule to be sequenced, and aliquid inlet 7 and aliquid outlet 8 connecting aflow channel 6 with outside. Thetransparent cover sheet 3 is adhered to thesilicon wafer 2 and formed with a flow channel groove 4 and asealant groove 5 at a surface where thetransparent cover sheet 3 is adhered to thesilicon wafer 2. The flow channel groove 4 and thesilicon wafer 2 enclose theflow channel 6 which allows a liquid to flow through and accommodates the adaptor region, referring toFigures 11 and13 for understanding. Thesealant groove 5 and thesilicon wafer 2 enclose asealant channel 9 which is filled with asealant 10 and surrounds theflow channel 6, also referring toFigures 11 and13 for understanding. - The
transparent cover sheet 3 is made from a light-transmitting material, with excellent light transmittance, allowing an exterior laser to penetrate through it and radiate theflow channel 6, as well as allowing the fluorescent signal in theflow channel 6 to be emitted outside, which can be photographed clearly by an exterior camera. - The adaptor region is chemically modified by seeding a specific gene fragment as an adaptor onto its surface, thus will capture a gene molecule to be sequenced when a solution containing the gene molecule to be sequenced flows through, with the gene molecule fixed onto the adaptor region. The adaptor region of the present disclosure can be modified by various methods, and accordingly the gene molecule to be sequenced can be captured by various methods, for example, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the modification of the adaptor region and capturing of the gene molecule to be sequenced are conducted according to the methods disclosed in CN invention patent
CN101466847B , from which such the gene molecule to be sequenced is called as "DNA nanoball" (DNB for short). - In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the
sealant channel 9 is filled with asealant 10 and is separated from theflow channel 6, avoiding contact of a liquid in theflow channel 6 with thesealant 10 to a maximum extent, thus preventing an inaccurate sequencing result incurred by the chemical reaction between the liquid and thesealant 10. Further, theflow channel 6 is formed with a highly smooth inner surface to ensure uniform flow rate and stable pressure for the liquid, therefore improving accuracy of the sequencing results effectively. Furthermore, theflow channel 6 is enclosed only by the flow channel groove 4 and thesilicon wafer 2 such that theflow channel 6 has few contacting surfaces, thereby providing excellent sealing performance. - The
gene sequencing chip 1 prepared can achieve high sequencing throughput although in a small size. Theflow channel 6 can be formed with an extremely smooth inner surface by the current technology, benefiting uniform flow of liquid and avoiding generation of bubbles. - Referring to
Figure 2 for understanding, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, theflow channel 6, in a long strip shape, includes amiddle section 11, first and secondterminal sections 12. The first and secondterminal sections 12 are located at and connected to two ends of themiddle section 11, respectively. The first and secondterminal sections 12 each are in a shape of sharp angle protruding outward. Theliquid inlet 7 and theliquid outlet 8 are located at the first and secondterminal sections 12, respectively. -
Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of thegenetic sequencing chip 1 of which thetransparent cover sheet 3 is not displayed, and the shape of thesealant 10 therein substantially represents the shape of theflow channel 6, which is good for the skilled in the art to understand the embodiment of the present disclosure. It should be noted, theflow channel 6 in the embodiment is surrounded by thesealant 10 at a certain interval with thetransparent cover sheet 3 as an separator therebetween (referring toFigures 5 ,11 and13 ), where the certain interval is extremely close, such that the shape of theflow channel 6 can be substantively represented by the shape of thesealant 10. Theflow channel 6 in such configuration further ensures uniform flow rate and stable pressure of a liquid. With fluid mechanics analysis and lots of trial results, it is found that the fluid velocity is most uniform and the pressure is best in themiddle section 11 throughout theentire flow channel 6, thus the adaptor region is usually arranged at themiddle section 11. - In another embodiment of the present disclosure, for example, the
silicon wafer 2 is further provided with aboss 13 which is located at themiddle section 11 and on which the adaptor region is provided. Referring toFigures 11 and13 , the distance between the adaptor region and the bottom surface of the flow channel groove 4 is shortened by provision of theboss 13, thus reducing the internal space of theflow channel 6, the reagent consumption and sequencing cost; as well shortening the optical path of light wave in theflow channel 6 and the optical path difference of fluorescence in different wavelengths passing through thetransparent cover sheet 3, therefore accuracy of fluorescent signal collected with exterior detection devices (such as a camera) can be further improved. - Generally, prior to adhering of the
transparent cover sheet 3 on thesilicon wafer 2, a liquid sealant which would be solidified to be thesealant 10 is injected into thesealant groove 5. However, it is hardly to ensure that the liquid sealant is injected in an exact amount such that thesealant channel 9 is just completely filled up, with a slight amount of sealant spilling out and flowing into the space between thetransparent cover sheet 3 and thesilicon wafer 2, which is at a risk of contacting the liquid in the flow channel 6 (usually occurring in an extremely low chance, but unavoidable), even resulting in a chemical reaction, thereby affecting the accuracy of sequencing results. For this, aboss 13 is provided, referring toFigures 11 and13 , where the adaptor region is arranged on the boss 13 (that is located on the upper surface of the boss 13), which is higher than the contacting surface between thetransparent cover sheet 3 and thesilicon wafer 2 under the upper surface of the boss 13 (that is located lower than the upper surface of the boss 13), thereby generating a height difference between the adaptor region and the contacting surface, thus the adaptor region arranged at a higher position cannot be affected, even if the liquid contacts with the sealant at a lower position (since the possible resulting product will not flow up to the upper surface of theboss 13 under the gravity), such that the accuracy of the sequencing results will be guaranteed. - With fluid mechanics analysis and lots of trial results, it is found that the
flow channel 6 can be optimized as follows. The sharp angle protruding outward of the first and secondterminal sections 12 is an included angle of 60° and chamfered with a corner radius of 2 mm; the first and secondterminal sections 12 each are connected to themiddle section 11 through a rounded transition with a corner radius of 2 mm; theflow channel 6 is of a length of 69.8 mm, a width of 5 mm for themiddle section 11, and a distance from an upper surface of theboss 13 to a bottom surface of the flow channel groove 4 of 0.05±0.005 mm; and theliquid inlet 7 and theliquid outlet 8, each formed as a round hole in a diameter of 0.8 mm, are apart from each other at a center distance of 69 mm. -
Figures 17 and18 are diagrams showing the test results of flow channel optimized as above.Figure 17 in which the liquid inlet is at the right end and the liquid outlet is at the left end, shows a highly uniform flow field of theflow channel 6, with very uniform flow velocity at each position.Figure 18 in which the liquid inlet is at the right end and the liquid outlet is at the left end, shows a highest pressure near the liquid inlet and a lowest pressure near the liquid outlet, with a uniform pressure decreasing during the middle section. In this trial, the liquid flow is driven under a negative pressure provided at the liquid outlet. - In one embodiment of the present disclosure, referring to
Figures 5 ,11 and13 , to further improve the resistance to external force for thegene sequencing chip 1 and enhance the adhesive strength between thesilicon wafer 2 and thetransparent cover sheet 3, thetransparent cover sheet 3 is further formed with a reinforcingagent groove 14 at the surface where thetransparent cover sheet 3 is adhered to thesilicon wafer 2, the reinforcingagent groove 14 and thesilicon wafer 2 enclose a reinforcingagent channel 15 which is filled with a reinforcingagent 16 and surrounds thesealant channel 9, and thesilicon wafer 2 is further provided with anair hole 17 which is located between the reinforcingagent channel 15 and thesealant channel 9. Theair hole 17 can be useful in discharging the air between the reinforcingagent channel 15 and thesealant channel 9, as well useful in positioning during encapsulation of the gene sequencing chip. - The sealant and the reinforcing agent in embodiments of the present disclosure can be selected from polyurethane adhesive, hot melt adhesive, ultraviolet curing adhesive and other suitable adhesives. The sealants as described above can endure high temperature, thus the gene sequencing chip where the sealant is used for adhesion is capable of resisting deformation strongly under the high temperature, and exhibiting excellent sealing performance.
- In one embodiment of the present disclosure, referring to
Figure 16 , the modification of the adaptor region at the silicon wafer and the capturing of the gene molecule to be sequenced is conducted according to the methods disclosed in CN invention patentCN101466847B . Theadaptor region 18 is in a round shape with a diameter of 220 nm, and thesilicon wafer 2 is provided with a plurality of the adaptor regions 18 (about 200 million) arranged in an array with a center distance of 900 nm between adjacent two adaptor regions. Theadaptor region 18 is seeded with an adaptor, which can capture the gene molecule to be sequenced 19 (i.e. DNB in a diameter of about 200 nm), where one DNB can be specifically bond to oneadaptor region 18. When the adaptor region is arranged as the size and adjacent distance as described above, clear fluorescent signals emitted can be collected within a resolution range acceptable for a camera, according to current technology. - In one embodiment of the present disclosure, referring to
Figures 6 to 13 , the mountingframe 20 provided can be configured to protect thegene sequencing chip 1, as well as to assist the positioning of thegene sequencing chip 1 on an exterior platform, where the mountingframe 20 includes: - a mounting
groove 21, configured to accommodate and fit to thegene sequencing chip 1 and provided with aninsertion opening 22 for receiving thegene sequencing chip 1 at one end of the mountinggroove 21; - an
anti-off structure 23, arranged at theinsertion opening 22 and configured to prevent thegene sequencing chip 1 from slipping out of theinsertion opening 22; - an
open region 24, located right above the mountinggroove 21 and configured to allow observation of theflow channel 6 of thegene sequencing chip 1 accommodated in the mountinggroove 21 from outside; and - a
positioning hole 25, configured to allow the mountingframe 20 to be positioned on an exterior platform, - in which the mounting
frame 20 is formed as a hollow structure, and - the exterior platform is a customized gene sequencer.
- In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the mounting
groove 21 may be formed as a groove structure with a sealed bottom. In another embodiment, for simplification of structure, material-saving and facilitation of injection molding, the mountinggroove 21 is formed as a groove structure with an open bottom, and provided with sixsymmetric protrusions 26 at two inner side walls (that is three protrusions at each inner side wall). The protrusions are configured to restrict thegene sequencing chip 1 within the mountinggroove 21, and to restrain the deformation of the mountingframe 20. In still another embodiment of the present disclosure, the number and size of theprotrusions 26 can be set as desired, for example, fourprotrusions 26 are set, with two protrusions at each inner side wall. - The mounting
frame 20 is further provided with sixfabrication holes 29, which are located right above the sixprotrusions 26 respectively and configured to allow theprotrusions 26 to be injection molded more conveniently. - In a particular embodiment, referring to
Figure 9 , theanti-off structure 23 includes first and secondelastic pieces 27 which are symmetrically arranged at theinsertion opening 22, more particularly, the firstelastic piece 27 has first and second ends, the secondelastic piece 27 has third and fourth ends, the first and third ends are fixed at two sides of theinsertion opening 22, respectively, at a distance greater than the width of thegene sequencing chip 1; the second and fourth ends are movable with a reset distance smaller than the width of thegene sequencing chip 1, the first and third ends are located at an upstream end along an insertion direction, and the second and fourth ends are located at a downstream end along the insertion direction. The anti-off structure in such configuration is good for loading and unloading thegene sequencing chip 1, and facilitates thegene sequencing chip 1 to be fixed in the mountinggroove 21 firmly. - In one embodiment, referring to
Figures 6 and7 , for example, theopen region 24 is configured to conform to the shape of the flow channel 6 (with its area slightly bigger than that of the flow channel 6) and is located right above theflow channel 6, which allows theentire flow channel 6 to be observed from outside. In another embodiment, referring toFigures 14 and 15 , the open region of a mounting frame 20' is formed as a long strip shape with round corners, which is slightly different from theopen region 24, and is configured to allow theentire flow channel 6 to be completely fallen into the range of the open region of the mounting frame 20', thus theentire flow channel 6 can be observed from outside as well. - The mounting
frame 20 can be further attached with alabel 28, which is printed with a barcode or a two-dimensional code and the like, so as to facilitate the tracking and management of the gene sequencing chip and the mounting frame for the same, thus improving efficiency and accuracy of gene sequencing. - The gene sequencing chip and the mounting frame for the same provided in embodiments of the present disclosure are formed as individual simple structures with few components, thus can be easily assembled and produced.
- To enable those skilled in the art to better understand the present disclosure, one implementation of the
gene sequencing chip 1 and the mountingframe 20 for the same is exemplified briefly as the following steps, which is not intended to limit the protection scope of the present disclosure. - Step1. The
silicon wafer 2 of thegene sequencing chip 1 is provided with more than 200 million ofadaptor regions 18 seeded with adaptors via chemical modification on the surface of thesilicon wafer 2, according to the methods disclosed in the CN invention patentCN101466847B . -
Step 2. Thegene sequencing chip 1 instep 1 is mounted into the mountingframe 20, which is subsequently placed on an exterior gene sequencer. -
Step 3. A solution containing a gene molecule to be sequenced 19 (i.e. DNB) is injected into theflow channel 6 via theliquid inlet 7, with the DNB flowing through captured by and adhered to an adaptor on theadaptor region 18. - Step 4. A gene sequencing reagent which would react with the DNBs is injected into the cleaned
flow channel 6, with a fluorescent signal generated which is subsequently collected by the gene sequencer, thus obtaining the sequences of the gene molecule to be sequenced. - During gene sequencing as described above, Combinatorial Probe-Anchor Synthesis (cPAS) is used, however it does not belong to the protection scope of this present disclosure and will not be described in detail herein. It should be noted, the chemical modification of the adaptor region on the silicon wafer and gene sequencing can be conducted with other methods in the present disclosure, which are not limited to the methods disclosed in
CN101466847B as an example. - The description above is one embodiment of the present disclosure only, and is not intended to limit the present disclosure. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.
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- A gene sequencing chip (1), comprising a silicon wafer (2) and a transparent cover sheet (3) adhered to the silicon wafer (2), the silicon wafer (2) is provided withan adaptor region (18) containing an adaptor which is capable of capturing a gene molecule to be sequenced, anda liquid inlet (7) and a liquid outlet (8) connecting a flow channel (6) with outside;said gene sequencing chip (1) is characterized in that:the transparent cover sheet (3) is formed with a flow channel groove (4) and a sealant groove (5) at a surface where the transparent cover sheet (3) is adhered to the silicon wafer (2),wherein the flow channel groove (4) and the silicon wafer (2) enclose the flow channel (6) which allows a liquid to flow through and accommodates the adaptor region (18), andwherein the sealant groove (5) and the silicon wafer (2) enclose a sealant channel (9) which is filled with a sealant (10) and surrounds the flow channel (6),wherein the flow channel (6), in a long strip shape, comprises a middle section (11) and first and second terminal sections (12) located at and connected to two ends of the middle section (11), respectively; wherein the liquid inlet (7) and the liquid outlet (8) are located at the first and second terminal sections (12), respectively; and whereinthe silicon wafer (2) is further provided with a boss (13) located at the middle section (11) of the flow channel (6) and on which the adaptor region (18) is provided.
- The gene sequencing chip (1) according to claim 1, wherein
the first and second terminal sections (12) each are in a shape of sharp angle protruding outward. - The gene sequencing chip (1) according to claim 2, wherein
the sharp angle protruding outward is in an included degree of 60° and chamfered with a corner radius of 2 mm;
the first and second terminal sections (12) each are connected to the middle section (11) through a rounded transition with a corner radius of 2 mm;
the flow channel (6) is of a length of 69.8 mm, a width of 5 mm for the middle section (11), and a distance from an upper surface of the boss (13) to a bottom surface of the flow channel groove (4) of 0.05±0.005 mm; and
the liquid inlet (7) and the liquid outlet (8), each formed as a round hole in a diameter of 0.8 mm, are apart from each other at a center distance of 69 mm. - The gene sequencing chip (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein
the transparent cover sheet (3) is further formed with a reinforcing agent groove (14) at the surface where the transparent cover sheet (3) is adhered to the silicon wafer (2),
the reinforcing agent groove (14) and the silicon wafer (2) enclose a reinforcing agent channel (15) which is filled with a reinforcing agent (16) and surrounds the sealant channel (9), and
the silicon wafer (2) is further provided with an air hole (17) which is located between the reinforcing agent channel (15) and the sealant channel (9). - The gene sequencing chip (1) according to claim 4, wherein the sealant (10) and the reinforcing agent (16) are selected from polyurethane adhesive, hot melt adhesive and ultraviolet curing adhesive.
- The gene sequencing chip (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein
the adaptor region (18) is in a round shape with a diameter of 220 nm, and
the silicon wafer (2) is provided with a plurality of the adaptor regions (18) arranged in an array with a center distance of 900 nm between adjacent two adaptor regions (18). - A combination of a mounting frame (20) for the gene sequencing chip (1) and the gene sequencing chip (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 6, being characterized by
a mounting groove (21), configured to accommodate and fit to the gene sequencing chip (1) and provided with an insertion opening (22) for receiving the gene sequencing chip (1) at one end of mounting groove (21);
an anti-off structure (23), arranged at the insertion opening (22) and configured to prevent the gene sequencing chip (1) from slipping out of the insertion opening (22);
an open region (24), located right above the mounting groove (21) and configured to allow observation of the flow channel (6) of the gene sequencing chip (1) accommodated in the mounting groove (21) from outside; and
a positioning hole (25), configured to allow the mounting frame (20) to be positioned on an exterior platform. - The combination according to claim 7, wherein the mounting groove (21) is provided with symmetric protrusions (26) at inner side walls which are configured to restrict the gene sequencing chip (1) within the mounting groove (21).
- The combination according to claim 7 or 8, wherein
the anti-off structure (23) comprises first and second elastic pieces (27) which are symmetrically arranged at the insertion opening (22),
the first elastic piece (27) has first and second ends,
the second elastic piece (27) has third and fourth ends,
the first and third ends are fixed at two sides of the insertion opening (22), respectively, at a distance greater than the width of the gene sequencing chip (1);
the second and fourth ends are movable with a reset distance smaller than the width of the gene sequencing chip (1),
the first and third ends are located at an upstream end along an insertion direction, and
the second and fourth ends are located at a downstream end of along the insertion direction. - The combination according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the mounting frame (20) further comprises fabrication holes (29), correspondingly located right above the protrusions (26) and configured to allow the protrusions (26) to be injection molded.
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